Identification by transesophageal echocardiography of intramural hematoma and the site of aortic rupture.
Orihashi
Kazumasa
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. orichan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sueda
Taijiro
T
Okada
Kenji
K
Imai
Katsuhiko
K
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color